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Conquest of Space (TV series)

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Genre
  
science

Narrated by
  
Bill Kehoe

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
27 July 1969

Network
  
CBC Television

Presented by
  
Percy Saltzman

Language
  
English

Written by
  
Noel Moore

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Final episode date
  
31 August 1969

Number of seasons
  
1

Number of episodes
  
5

Conquest of Space is a Canadian science television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1969.

Contents

Premise

Percy Saltzman hosted this Ottawa-produced series which concerned the history of travel in outer space. Emphasis was given to the years since 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 and covered the American space program whose Apollo 11 successfully placed people on the moon a week before this series' debut. Footage from Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States was combined with interviews of scientists and engineers who were engaged in outer space programs.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 July to 31 August 1969.

Episodes

  • 27 July 1969: "Sounds of Silence"
  • 3 August 1969: "The Other Side of the Sky"
  • 10 August 1969: "The High Frontier"
  • 17 August 1969: "A Star to Steer Her By"
  • 31 August 1969: "Childhood's End"
  • References

    Conquest of Space (TV series) Wikipedia


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